Frank L. Smoll Libros

Four days in 1971 changed the course of American history. This is the true story from the man at the center of it all.

Parenting Young Athletes is a how-to guide for parents of children from elementary school through high school. Offering insight into the ups and downs of youth sports, the authors provide parents with specific advice for raising champions both in sports and in life.

Black Panther. Ruler of Wakanda. Avenger. This is his destiny. But right now, he's simply T'Challa-the young prince. Life is comfortable for twelve-year-old T'Challa in his home of Wakanda, an isolated, technologically advanced African nation. When he's not learning how to rule a kingdom from his father-the reigning Black Panther-or testing out the latest tech, he's off breaking rules with his best friend, M'Baku. But as conflict brews near Wakanda, T'Challa's father makes a startling announcement: he's sending T'Challa and M'Baku to school in America. This is no prestigious private academy-they've been enrolled at South Side Middle School in the heart of Chicago. Despite being given a high-tech suit and a Vibranium ring to use only in case of an emergency, T'Challa realizes he might not be as equipped to handle life in America as he thought. Especially when it comes to navigating new friendships while hiding his true identity as the prince of a powerful nation, and avoiding Gemini Jones, a menacing classmate who is rumored to be involved in dark magic. When strange things begin happening around school, T'Challa sets out to uncover the source. But what he discovers in the process is far more sinister than he could ever have imagined. In order to protect his friends and stop an ancient evil, T'Challa must take on the mantle of a hero, setting him on the path to becoming the Black Panther.

A gripping, richly imagined African-inspired fantasy in which a Black girl finds her power and saves her people from evil, by the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning author of Black Panther: The Young Prince. In the land of Alkebulan, twelve-year-old Asha is an orphan, raised by Madame S, the proprietor of a traveling carnival. When Madame S is attacked by ghoulish creatures, she manages to tell Asha before she dies, “Seek the Underground Kingdom, where the black flowers bloom.” Asha doesn’t understand the mysterious words, but they launch her onto a page-turning quest to protect her people and stop an ancient evil. Along the way, she uncovers shocking secrets about the family she never knew and begins to find her place in the world as she discovers her own untapped powers.

Two seasoned sport psychologists help coaches understand the psychology of young athletes and provide guidelines for winning strategies that benefit athletes in sports and life. They cover issues like motivation, leadership behavior, values, life skills development and other topics, enabling coaches to have a lasting positive influence on youth.

In four volumes this history of the Gorbals and Oatlands covers the area's development, redevelopments, and regeneration. Volume one, which could have been subtitled 'The Rise of the Gorbals', charts the 18th and 19th century transformation from small village to major suburb with 90,000 inhabitants, 140 pubs, and 1100 shops.

"Detective Inspector Neil Paget faces one of most frustrating cases of his career when a body with no leads is discovered." The discovery of the body of local photographer Billy Travis, having fallen from a bridge on to the railway tracks below, leaves Detective Inspector Neil Paget baffled. While the death plunge was no accident, the corpse found bound and gagged with the letter A is carved into his forehead, Travis led a quiet, unremarkable life. With no evidence or leads to follow, the investigation stonewalls. But when a second body shows up in a similar state, Paget must discover what connects the two victims if he is to have any chance of cracking the case.